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· Editorial Staff
Malaysian Woman Accidently Gets $3.3 Million Bank Deposit, Goes on an Epic Shopping Spree
A 21-year-old Malaysian student living in Australia was arrested after spending most of $3.3 million that was accidentally deposited in her bank account on luxury handbags.
· Laura Dang
Facebook Opens Up Their Malaysia Office, Continues to Conquer Asia
Facebook has officially opened its new office in Malaysia. Dan Neary, Facebook’s Asia-Pacific vice president, announced the opening on Wednesday in a Facebook post.
· Editorial Staff
Malaysian Woman Electrocuted While Talking on Her Charging Cell Phone
A woman in Malaysia was pronounced dead after allegedly being electrocuted by a charging cell phone. Suhana Mohamad, 30, was believed to be talking on her mobile phone that was plugged into an electrical outlet when she was electrocuted in her home in the Malaysian suburb of…
· Editorial Staff
Wearing This Yellow T- Shirt in Malaysia Will Land You in Prison
Not following dress codes in school can land you in the principal’s office, but wearing a particular yellow T-shirt in Malaysia can land you in jail. In a court ruling today, the judge decided that the yellow shirt worn by pro-democracy demonstrators can land people in prison.…
· Editorial Staff
Talented Malaysian Artist Uses Shadows to Bring Star Wars Characters to Life
Red Hong Yi is a Malaysian-born artist known for using unconventional mediums like flower petals, coffee beans and tea bags to make works of art out of them. In her latest art series, she decided to do Star Wars theme in honor of the release of The Force Awakens.
· Sebastian Dillon
Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Malaysian Billionaire’s Daughter
What would you be doing if you had access to more money than you ever knew what to do with? Meet Chryseis Tan, the jet-setting daughter of Malaysian billionaire businessman and investor Vincent Tan.
· Editorial Staff
Malaysia Airlines is Currently Losing $1.6 Million a Day Because Flights Are Near Empty [PHOTOS]
In March, Malaysia Airline Flight 370, disappeared suddenly while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Last month, Flight 17 was shot down while flying over Ukraine. With the two tragedies tied to them, Malaysian Airlines has not been the most popular kid in the block. Even…
· Editorial Staff
Ritesh Agarway: How A 22-Year-Old College Dropout Built India’s Largest Budget Hotel Chain
Ritesh Agarwal is the 22-year-old founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, India’s largest budget hotel chain with 40,000 rooms under its umbrella. The company’s continued growth can be largely attributed to the young entrepreneur’s resilience and business acumen. According to an e27…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Outrageous Rich Kids of Singapore on Instagram
Singapore, the island city-state of over 5.4 million people, 19 of whom are billionaires, is by no means too small to have their very own set of Rich Kids of Instagram. Meet the Rich Kids of Singapore, who cruise around their city in their supercars and intense designer fashion.…
· Max Chang
How a Poor Refugee From Vietnam Became Uber’s CTO
Today, Thuan Pham is the successful Chief Technology Officer at Uber, the most valuable ride-sharing startup in the world worth over $62 billion, but as a child, Pham struggled to survive as a poor refugee boy escaping a war-ravaged Vietnam. Pham was among the tens of thousands…
· Editorial Staff
Man Arrives As ‘Spiderman’ to Pick Up Reward Money After Helping Police in Drug Bust
A man in China may have been taking his hero status literally when he donned a Spider-Man mask to go pick up his reward for tipping off police about drug trafficking. Because of the man’s help, authorities from several cities including Shenzhen and Guangzhou were able to seize…
· Laura Dang
These Sexist Men Assumed She Couldn’t Drive — She Taught Them a Lesson
Forget Asian women driving stereotypes because this woman has broken them all.
· Ryan General
CEO Gives an Epic Response After Failing a Customer Twice in a Row With Bad Milk
Customer-brand engagement has improved over the years thanks to the internet and social media. Customers are now able to give feedback in a variety of ways like never before while companies now have the chance to address such feedback and redeem themselves if the feedback has…
· Editorial Staff
Woman Forces Boyfriend Off the Couch to Take Him on the Most Epic Adventure
Staying on the couch during your day time may sound like a great idea, but after watching one Norway’s viral travel video, you’ll want to rethink the plan.
· Laura Dang
Inside the Superstar Life of the ‘Taylor Swift of China’
A 24-year-old pop star is being hailed as the Taylor Swift of China. She writes her own music about boys and breakups and is currently on her first North American tour. Chinese singer and songwriter G.E.M., whose name stands for “Get Everybody Moving,” is a pop icon in Hong Kong…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Hackers Arrested After Making $110,000 Posing as Prostitutes on WeChat
A group of Chinese men in their twenties hacked WeChat to pose as prostitutes in Malaysia and Singapore. The five hackers from central China used software to distort their location and message men in Singapore and Malaysia on the popular social media app WeChat, according to…
· Riley Schatzle
These UberX Passengers Were Expecting a Lame Car But Were Shocked at What Arrived Instead
Uber drivers are not necessarily known for their exotic whips, but a car publication in Malaysia registered a 2013 McLaren MP4-12C as a Perodua Myvi, a small Malaysian-made hatchback, and picked up Uber riders.
· Laura Dang
After Selling Myspace for $580 Million, Tom Now Travels the World Taking Epic Photos
Ever curious what everyone’s first friend on MySpace is doing these days? Tom Anderson, recognizable by his famous whiteboard picture as the default friend on MySpace, sold his social networking site to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for $580 million back in 2005. Anderson,…
· Laura Dang
Hunky Asian Guys Have Started a ‘Hot Street Worker’ Trend
Hunky, shirtless male employees appears to be the hot new marketing strategy for food vendors in Taiwan. One of the first examples of the recent trend was 26-year-old Yi Tin Chen, dubbed “Tawian’s hottest bean curd seller.”
· Benny Luo
How a Nerd Who Got His First Kiss at 21 Built a $30 Million ‘Sugar Daddy’ Dating Empire
“Love is a concept invented by poor people.” – Brandon Wade One of the best ways to create a great product is to simply come up with a solution for your own biggest problem. For entrepreneur Brandon Wade, his problem was relationships. For a long time, he struggled to find a…